The wholesale price-based inflation rose for the second consecutive month to a 27-month high of 4.17 per cent in February, as food, fuel and power prices spiked.
The WPI inflation was 2.03 per cent in January and 2.26 per cent in February last year.
After witnessing months of softening of prices, the food articles in February saw 1.36 per cent inflation. In January it was (-) 2.80 per cent.
In vegetables the rate of price rise was (-) 2.90 per cent in February, against (-) 20.82 per cent in the preceding month.
Inflation in pulses was 10.25 per cent in February, while in fruits it was 9.48 per cent.
Inflation in the fuel and power basket was 0.58 per cent in February, against (-) 4.78 per cent in January on rising prices of petrol and diesel.
